EMT Ch 39, Incident Management

The function of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is to:

• prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents.

• facilitate a standard method of incident command for natural disasters.

• prepare for the potential of a nuclear attack against the United States.

• educate city and county governments regarding foreign terrorist attacks.

The term used when individual units or different organizations make independent, and often inefficient, decisions regarding an incident is called:

• freelancing.

• undermining.

• logistical chaos.

• single command.

A supervisor who has more than seven people reporting to him or her:

• is more beneficial to the overall effort than a supervisor with fewer personnel because his or her team can accomplish more tasks.

• should regularly report to the incident commander (IC) to inform him or her of the functions that his or her team is performing.

• has exceeded an effective span of control and should divide tasks and delegate the supervision of some tasks to another person.

• should assign a specific task to each person reporting to him or her and regularly follow up to ensure that the tasks were carried out.

The development of an incident action plan is the responsibility of the:

• planning section.

• logistics section.

• operations section.

• finance section.

In preparing for a disaster, EMS systems should have enough supplies for at least a ______ period of self-sufficiency.

• 24-hour

• 48-hour

• 72-hour

• 96-hour

Which of the following duties or responsibilities does NOT fall within the realm of the medical branch of the incident command system?

• Triage

• Transport

• Treatment

• Extrication

As a triage supervisor, you:

• must prepare patients for transport before they leave the triage area.

• must not begin treatment until all patients have been triaged.

• are responsible for providing initial treatment to all patients.

• should communicate with area hospitals regarding their capabilities.

Which of the following is probably NOT a multiple-casualty incident?

• A motor vehicle crash with two critically injured patients and two ambulances

• A loss of power to a hospital or nursing home with ventilator-dependent patients

• An apartment fire with one patient and the possibility of others trapped in the building

• A rollover crash of a school bus with eight children who have injuries of varying severity

After primary triage, the triage supervisor should communicate all of the following information to the medical branch officer, EXCEPT:

• the total number of patients that have been triaged.

• the recommended transport destination for each patient.

• recommendations for movement to the treatment area.

• the number of patients in each triage category.

You are triaging four patients who were involved in a head-on motor vehicle crash. Which of the following patients should be assigned the highest (red) triage category?

• A 50-year-old male with an open head injury and no pulse

• A 49-year-old female with diabetes and difficulty breathing

• A 36-year-old female with back pain and numb extremities

• A 29-year-old male with bilaterally closed femur deformities